The US authorities accuse the company prior illegal tax practices through its European headquarters. Facebook had refused to inspect the relevant documents.
the US authorities go legal action against the tax practices of Facebook. The IRS filed a lawsuit against the company in which it comes to the financial connection to the European Facebook headquarters in Dublin.
In the actions brought before a court in San Francisco, the Authority will ask for the rights and assets that were transferred to the Irish branch of Facebook. Facebook had previously refused to release similar documents. The action by the investigators want to enforce the insight now.
The group went into a brief statement does not elaborate on the action , The company considered himself “to the applicable laws and regulations of the countries in which it operates,” stated a Facebook spokeswoman.
lowering Facebook and other US Internet companies like Amazon, Apple and Google is regularly criticized in the US as well as Europe, their tax payments with branches in tax havens dramatically. Ireland can play a major role, which is part of the EU countries with the lowest corporate tax rates.
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